Enterprise printing is a $50B+ category that most IT organizations manage with architecture from the 2000s. This 9to5Mac webinar, sponsored by Mosyle, puts Kevin Pickhardt, Executive Chairman of Pharos Systems International, on record explaining why that gap is now a liability, not just an inconvenience. The core argument: physical printers are active security vulnerabilities sitting outside Zero Trust frameworks, and on-premises print servers are an unnecessary cost center with a known replacement path.
The discussion centers on PrintOps, a cloud-native operational model that repositions printing as part of an enterprise control plane rather than a siloed hardware problem. Pickhardt and host Jeff Benjamin work through the mechanics of eliminating on-premises print servers, the specific security exposure points in legacy printer management, and how Zero Trust principles apply to physical output devices. The security angle alone justifies the runtime.
The full video is worth watching if your organization is mid-way through a cloud modernization that quietly skipped the print infrastructure. The Pharos pillar page on PrintOps linked in the description adds technical depth the webinar format cannot fully cover. Windows Protected Print mode is also discussed, a Microsoft policy shift that has direct implications for any mixed Windows and Apple fleet.
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